Have you ever posted a picture online and then regretted it? Good news. There’s a new service called X-Pire that you can subscribe to that will encrypt your photo with an expiration date. Viewing the photo will require a browser plugin, and they only have a Firefox version as of yet. As I see it, [...]
Entries Tagged as 'format'
States Redefine Textbooks to Include Digital Format, Simba Report Finds
December 10th, 2010 · 1 Comment · press release
I have the press release here, and if you want the full report it will cost you $1300. From the press release: In an effort to increase student engagement with content while decreasing spending on textbooks, adoption state review boards are incorporating digital programs into their strategy. According to “2010 National Textbook Adoption Scorecard and 2011 [...]
Tags:digital·finds·format·include·redefine·report·simba·states·textbooks
New DAISYtoEPUB Software Converts DAISY Files into EPUB Format
November 3rd, 2010 · No Comments · press release
From the press release: Don Johnston Incorporated, a company that develops assistive technology for individuals with disabilities, just announced a new eBook conversion tool, DAISYtoEPUB, during the 2010 ATIA (Assistive Technology Industry Association) conference in Schaumburg, IL. The DAISYtoEPUB software is the first and only tool that converts DAISY 3 (Digital Accessible Information System) electronic [...]
Japanese publishers to create common ebook format
October 27th, 2010 · 2 Comments · ebook format
Voyager Japan and Sharp are planning to develop a new ebook format. Sharp Corp. (TSE:6753) and e-book software developer Voyager Japan Inc. will submit the specifications of their formats free of charge to the Electronic Book Publishers Association of Japan. The trade organization, consisting of 41 major publishers, will then create a common format by [...]
Sharp to demo their XMDF format e-reader at IFA-Berlin
August 24th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Uncategorized
The Inquirer are reporting: With 5.5-inch and 10.8-inch versions the reader can also play audio and video as well as show words and pictures. The multimedia reader is referred to as an Next Generation XMDF device because it is an advance on the 2001 original XMDF that was sold for Japanese novels and manga comics. [...]
Why the “I hope Epub kills Kindle format” fanatics are fighting the wrong battle
August 22nd, 2010 · 22 Comments · opinion
Di you catch the Epub/Kindle editorial on ZDNet on Friday? The authors are wrong, but it’s still worth a read. Here is the part that caught my eye: But there is one thing that’s keeping me from whipping out the AMEX and clicking the “Buy Now” button at Amazon, and that’s the lack of EPUB [...]
Tags:battle·epub·fanatics·fighting·format·hope·kills·kindle·wrong
New Zealand Electronic Text Centre now support DAISY format
August 19th, 2010 · No Comments · ebook format
I found this over on the Daisy Consortium blog: Nearly all of the publications digitized by the New Zealand Electronic Text Centre are now also available in DAISY format to support the needs of readers with print disabilities. Thanks to a grant from the Community Partnership Fund, and in collaboration with the Royal New Zealand [...]
DNAML announces new ebook format
May 17th, 2010 · No Comments · ebook format, press release
Do you remember the Dymocks announcement couple weeks ago (new ebook format support)? One of the formats mentioned, DNL, was created by an Australian company called DNAML. (BTW, did you know that DNAML own www.ebook.com?) DNAML put out a press release today and announced that they were working on their second gen DRM format, DNL2. [...]
Dymocks announces support for Epub, DNL format
May 6th, 2010 · No Comments · ebookstore news
The Australian bookstore chain Dymocks announced today that they will add Epub and DNL formats to their ebookstore. They currently have 141k titles in PDF and 38k in Mobipocket. Dymocks expect to add 29k titles in Epub format and around 3k in DNL. This one has me scratching my head. The first point that shocked [...]
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